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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 1999Henry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1999, 4:49 PM EST for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1999, 4:49 PM EST (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1999, 5:15 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Henry County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 2:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1999-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1999-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 262151
SVRIND
INC065-262215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
449 PM EST MON JUL 26 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 446 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW CASTLE...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW CASTLE AT 455 PM EST

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY
EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4007 8559 3981 8542 3980 8524 4008 8521

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 2:29 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
229 PM EST MON JUL 26 1999

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0224 PM    MUNCIE                    IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/26/99   DELAWARE
Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:41 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
341 PM EST MON JUL 26 1999

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    MUNCIE                    IN     MPH TSTM GUST
07/26/99   DELAWARE                        SIGNS BLOWN DOWN WITH
                                           OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRING.
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:35 PM EST, 14 minutes before
INZ039-040-047-048-054>056-270100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
435 PM EST MON JUL 26 1999

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA...

THE ATMOSPHERE HAS STABALIZED SOME OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THERE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT IN THE
INDIANAPOLIS AREA BUT THESE SHOULD NOT BECOME SEVERE.

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT. AS IT DOES
SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE OVER EASTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE MAY BECOME
SEVERE DURING THE EVENING.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800
PM FOR
EAST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 2:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware32 min
Jul 26, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph50 min
Jul 26, 3:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.